Self-criticism of physicians and patient participation are the pillars of modern medical ethics and medical programmes. Patients expect risk minimisation from physicians, mostly without realising how much they could actively do themselves in this respect. But what about the willingness of German people to take risks, how high is it really at present? Direct empirical data are not available, but...

e-governance is related to the use of approprairte technology for increasing public relation that promotes democratic declaration of oponion and human independence, supporting of economical development & delivering services failry & efficiently. in order to achieve the aim in the it age, public institutions constrained to have digital portals. these portals should be privacy respected, devilver...

We present ontologydesignpatterns.org (ODP), a semantic web portal about ontology design patterns based on wiki technology, which aims at supporting a community around best practices for ontology design. ODP offers services for evaluation and training about ontology patterns, and a repository of OWL ontologies. ODP fosters several kinds of participation, from anonymous, read-only access to open...

The Webocracy project aims to empower citizens with innovative communication, access and polling system, supporting increased participation in democratic processes. One of the main project goals is to develop an open source web-based system called WEBOCRAT as a multi-channel communication platform supporting egovernment and e-democracy applications. Some of the WEBOCRAT modules are already avai...

As Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) gains a broader usage as a viable alternative to classic educational scenarios, the need for automated tools capable of supporting tutors in the time consuming process of analyzing conversations becomes more stringent. Moreover, in order to fully explore the benefits of such scenarios, a clear demarcation must be made between participation or ...

Decision support systems (DSS) play an important role in supporting scheduling tasks in industrial settings. In this paper, a special facet of DSS, respectively their development, implementation and usage in relation to user participation, is examined. The outlined research model proposes that different forms of user participation lead to different levels of model complexity. This complexity in...

Introduction: Exercise is widely accepted as an effective activity for alleviating the impact of psychosocial challenges associated with motherhood. However our current understanding of how to help mothers adhere to exercise and how it affects positive psychosocial outcomes is lacking. Objective: To examine what aspects of a mother-focused swimming exercise program that participating mothers co...